Where does “কাশ্মীরি” come from?
কাশ্মীরি (Bengali) comes from Bengali কাশ্মীর, from Sanskrit कश्मीर, from Sanskrit कश्यपमीर, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.
কাশ্মীরি (Bengali): Kashmiri
Definitions
- Kashmiri
Ancestry of “কাশ্মীরি”, step by step
কাশ্মীরি traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bengali কাশ্মীর
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | কাশ্মীর | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कश्मीर | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कश्यपमीर | Kashmir |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कश्यप | a tortoise; having black teeth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kaśyápas | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kaćyápas | turtle |
via Bengali ই
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | ই | The third character in the Bengali abugida |